.: Virus publishes Porn web history of victims on the net

Topic Geek stuff (By Cif!, Tuesday 27 April 2010 @13:14) Contribution by Steph V

«A new type of malware infects PCs using file-share sites and publishes the user’s net history on a public website before demanding a fee for its removal.
The Japanese trojan virus installs itself on computers using a popular file-share service called Winny, used by up to 200m people.. »

Source: BBC News, slate.fr

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.: What is an Economic Hitman?

Topic conspiracy (By Cif!, Tuesday 27 April 2010 @12:52) Contribution by Sean, Luna, Rob

«An animated interview of John Perkins, author of ‘HoodWinked’ and ‘Confessions Of An Economic Hitman’»

Source: studiojoho.com

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.: Hawking says don’t f*** with aliens

Topic science & new tech (By Cif!, Sunday 25 April 2010 @20:36) Contribution by Jonathan H

«In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was “perfectly rational” to assume intelligent life exists elsewhere. But he warned that aliens might simply raid Earth for resources, then move on. »

Source: BBC News

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.: The world’s richest companies

Topic The End of the World (By Cif!, Sunday 25 April 2010 @12:53) Contribution by Ed

«Check out how many are oil, banking or pharmaceutical»

Source: forbes.com

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.: L’holocubtile

Topic science & new tech (By Cif!, Sunday 25 April 2010 @12:16) Contribution by kalineka

«Jouer avec l’exemplaire unique d’une très ancienne statuette égyptienne ou tourner dans tous les sens sa future voiture avant de l’acheter… Il devient possible de prendre à pleines mains les trésors du passé comme du futur grâce à l’HoloCubtile. Créé par la société bordelaise Immersion, ce drôle de dispositif est unique en son genre..»

Source: 20minutes.fr

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.: Rétro: Le diaporama du jour

Topic Gamez (By Cif!, Sunday 25 April 2010 @12:13) Contribution by kalineka

«La France possède désormais son Musée du jeu vidéo. Installé au sommet de la Grande Arche de la Défense, il propose au visiteur de retracer quarante ans d’histoire au travers des consoles et des personnages de la game culture.»

Source: 20minutes.fr

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.: Government requests directed to Google and YouTube

Topic conspiracy (By Cif!, Sunday 25 April 2010 @12:11) Contribution by kalineka

«Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services and products. The map shows the number of requests that we received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, with certain limitations. »

Source: Google Government requests

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.: Planes or Volcano?

Topic science & new tech (By Cif!, Friday 23 April 2010 @12:14) Found at Ecoguerilla

«What´s emitting the most CO2 per day? Iceland’s Eyjafjoell volcano is emitting between 150,000 and 300,000 tonnes of CO2 per day…According to the European Environment Agency (EAA), daily emissions from the aviation sector in the 27 nations of the European Union are around 440,000 tonnes per day.»

Source: informationisbeautiful.net

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.: Home Theater PC in Original Nintendo

Topic DIY (By Cif!, Thursday 22 April 2010 @12:12) Contribution by Emmanuel V.

« This is a custom modified original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with a Home Theater PC (HTPC) installed inside.

The guts of the original NES have been removed and an Intel ATOM based PC has been securely installed inside. The console’s reset button has been wired to server as the power button, and the red led on the front acts as the power led.»

Source: etsy.com

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.: Bizarre Rectum Bar Design in Vienna

Topic vrak (By Cif!, Saturday 17 April 2010 @11:41) Contribution by tobozo

«They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, well, the Rectum Bar in Vienna kind of leaves you lost for words, doesn’t it? Actually, at first sight, there may be only a few single words that will come to mind right away.»

Source: walyou.com

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